*Over the years, Joe continued to share the saga of SG-1, which was met at first with great enthusiasm, but as his customers began to lose interest, his wife, Sharlene, encouraged him to write the stories down instead. However, she became increasingly concerned as his obsession grew, his customers dwindled, and he began to insist that SG-1 and Colonel O'Neill were real. Seven years of writing and submitting his stories had only yielded 326 rejections, and eventually Joe lost his house, his business, and his wife, who pleaded with him to seek help for manic psychosis combined with grandiose delusions. *Source: Back of card